| 单词 | glamour |
| 释义 | glamour (once / 1604 pages) nv Glamour is the quality of being fascinating, alluring, or charming If you've watched Marilyn Monroe on a movie screen, then you've witnessed glamour! The word glamour originally referred to a magical or even unreal charm or beauty attached to a person or an object. Today you can still glamour, or cast a spell over, someone, but you probably won’t. More often glamour is now used to mean a certain thrilling or attractive appeal -– especially sex appeal. Glamour is more than just good looks — the right clothing, jewelry, attitude, or friends can produce glamour — the mark of a star. WORD FAMILYglamour: glamoured, glamouring, glamourise, glamourize, glamours+/glamourise: glamourisation/glamourize: glamourization, glamourized, glamourizes, glamourizing USAGE EXAMPLES"She epitomized and personified Hollywood glamour," Father Edward Benioff said. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) Today’s interest in cocktail culture, it explains, “attests to a nostalgia for the glamour and role playing of earlier eras.” Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Stella said that although people like him often get the “direct glamour” of their inventions and research, it’s a team effort. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal) Syn|Hyper glamor beauty the qualities that give pleasure to the senses 2v cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something Syn|Hypo|Hyper bewitch, enchant, hex, jinx, witch voodoo bewitch by or as if by a voodoo spellplace under a spell becharm, charm control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft |
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